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By SARAH SNELL COOKE CU Times Washington Reporter WASHINGTON-In the roller coaster ride that is Washington politics, President George W. Bush made two recess appointments to fill the open slots on the NCUA Board the day Congress returned to work. Iowa State Senator JoAnn Johnson and United Nations Official Deborah...

By ELAINE KINGOFF-BARR CU Times Editor-in-Chief VIENNA, Va. - Navy FCU has just raised the bar for itself in mortgage lending. The world's largest credit union, with more than $15 billion in assets and 2.1 million members worldwide, broke a 1998 record in mortgage loans and set a new record...

As someone who writes a weekly column of comment on all things credit union, it should come as no surprise that I think about credit unions and credit union people a lot. Mostly these thoughts are positive, reflecting on all the good that credit unions have accomplished over the years...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union is kicking off 2002 by launching a credit counseling service. The new division will offer both individual consultations and informational seminars. Members will learn how to balance their accounts, resolve short-term financial challenges, prepare budgets, review and correct credit reports and plan...

TULSA, Okla. - State and federal legislators will share the podium at the Oklahoma Credit Union League's upcoming GAC. Among the speakers scheduled to address attendees are State Senate Pro Tempore Stratton Taylor (D-2), House Speaker Larry Adair (D-86), Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Angela Monson (D-48), and Congressman Frank Lucas...

NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A month-long billboard promotion has helped the Michigan Credit Union League's wholly owned subsidiary CUcorp and the CU Marketing Alliance reach over 55 million consumers. The promotion featured more than 140 billboards across Michigan carrying the message "You're worth more at a credit union." "Credit union...

WASHINGTON-CUNA is making extra efforts this year to encourage credit unions to send representatives to its annual Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) February 24 through the 27 in Washington, D.C. CUNA Senior Vice President of Communications Mark Wolff, who is in charge of the conference, said that CUNA is trying some...

ARLINGTON, Va.-NAFCU announced last week that it has teamed up with the American Savings Education Council (ASEC), founded in 1995, whose goal is to increase public awareness of savings and provide for financial independence. NAFCU's members will now have access to a variety of savings materials directed at consumers through...